San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-10-15
SATURDAY. OCTOBER, IS, 1887.

The great Paris scandal has literally
shaken Paris TO its center. Than Gen.
Caflsrel no man stood higher in the
French army. His military record is a
brilliant one, and his position under the
Third Napoleon as also that Of his faith
or under the First Napoleon, has made
him very prominent in the eye OF his
country. That such man, himself SOL
der Of the immortal Legion of Honor,
and his old father one of the oft distin-
guished generals under the old Napo-
le0nic eTa-that such a man should be
detected selling the order of the Legion
for pay, is almost beyond belief. The
former war minister and Gen. Boulanger
are suspected of being implicated and
all sorts of rumOrs are aflOat. but there
is no positive evidence that BOulsrgPr
is in any way implicated. The hostility
of the present war minister to Gen.
Boulanger may account for the suspi-
ciOn which rests upon him.
THE question Of international srbItra-
ton is favorsbly considered in this cOun-
try, and the English memb ers of such
commission will be met half way.
America desires peace with all nations.
The enlightened sentiment of this cOun-
try Is opposed to all war, foreign and
domestic. There ia deep underCuTrent
of the spirit OF modern civilization in
this country, and that spirit is adverse
TO the Srbitrament Of arms. 1t is not to
be expected, however. that such peace
preserving proposals and arbitration
conventions as Great Britain offers
through her commissioners, will be i'm
mediately accepted or accepted at all
This does not necessarily follow the de-
sire of America far an arbitration
arrangement. This nation has cut its
eye teeth. Ii mas learned that Great
Britain wants the big piece of pastry.
every time, and will naturally look with
suspicion upon any attempt to hurry
her into an arbitration contract on the
eve Of the very grave complications
arising from the decidedly hostile atti-
tude of Great Britain TO the American
fisheries interest John Bull need not
offer Jonathan q stone expecting that
uncle Sans oldest boy will take it for
genuine bread, fine flour, full weigh.
THE strength of Master Workman
Powderly IN the Knights of Labor con-
VentlOn was fully tested on last Thurs
day, and those who think that the gen
eral master workman is in q minority,
will do well to carefully ponder the
action of the general assembly. On
Thursday, in secret session, a resolution
was introduced by the boycott commit
tee endorsing the action Of MI. Powder
ly and the executive committee 10 de-
olaring the Chicago strike at an end and
advising the men to return to work
This resolution called out counter res
olutiOn from Chicago delegates, censur-
ing the action OF the board ard OF mr..
Powderly. Speeches were made In IA
vOr of the substitute, by members, and
Barry, OF the executive board, sustained
their view, stating that he opposed the
action of the board at the time, that the
men had gained their point and that de-
claring that boycott of was ill-advised.
Hot speeches were made. Mr.. Powder
Iy took the floor, reviewed the case,
took to himself personally all
the blame of the boards de-
cisiOn, saying that their action
was solely upon his advice. The test
vote came and Mr.. Powderly's action
was sustained by vote OF one hundred
and sixteen to forty-nine. This will
very largely settle the question Of Gen.
eral Master Workman Powderly's in
duence in the councils of the order.
His personal power and presence carry
more weight with them than that Of
any three men in the order.
"
THE KOuts railroad horror, like that
OF ChatswOrth, will never be fully
known. Its mystery enshrOuds the
number of the victims who persisted
aud the real number will never be
known. In both cases the railroad peO-
pie were directly responsible for the loss
Of life. and in both cases there was a
most persistent effort to keep the public
On Ignorance OF the actual facts.